diff --git a/cmd/sendmail.go b/cmd/sendmail.go
index b44c5cf..6d9305a 100644
--- a/cmd/sendmail.go
+++ b/cmd/sendmail.go
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ func init() {
 	rootCmd.AddCommand(sendmailCmd)
 
 	// print out manual help screen
-	rootCmd.SetHelpTemplate(sendmail.HelpTemplate([]string{os.Args[0], "sendmail"}))
+	sendmailCmd.SetHelpTemplate(sendmail.HelpTemplate([]string{os.Args[0], "sendmail"}))
 
 	// these are simply repeated for cli consistency as cobra/viper does not allow
 	// multi-letter single-dash variables (-bs)